People Operations Lead, Granola
+ Equity
5 days a week in office
The AI notepad for people in back-to-back meetings
Open for applications
The AI notepad for people in back-to-back meetings
21-100 employees
Open for applications
+ Equity
5 days a week in office
21-100 employees
Company mission
To build tools that help humans think better.
Role
Who you are
- You have 6-10 years of experience in people ops, CIPD qualification a plus
- You’ve worked in a fast-growing startup or scaleup environment and understand how companies change as they grow
- You have built or scaled people processes before - hiring systems, onboarding, performance cycles or people programs
- You are an operator first. You are comfortable doing the admin, writing the contract, setting up the tool, and sending the comms - not just designing the strategy
- You know how to use automation and tooling to make processes run without constant manual effort - and you name the tools, not just the concept
- You have managed the full people ops stack: onboarding, performance, compensation, benefits, compliance, employee relations
- You have experience operating across multiple geographies - UK and US experience is a strong plus
- You have worked closely with founders and senior leadership and know how to get decisions made, not just discussed
- You understand what great startup cultures look like and how to help them scale without becoming corporate
- Are a builder, not a maintainer. You are energised by zero to one work and figuring out the playbook as you go
- Take full ownership. If something isn’t working, you fix it - you don’t wait to be asked
- Have strong judgment about when to add process and when to stay out of the way
- Are pragmatic about data - you track the right things, use them to improve, and don’t measure for the sake of measuring
- Are warm and direct. You can have hard conversations with care and clarity
- Are excited about AI-native products and curious about how AI tools can make your work faster and better
- Genuinely believe Granola is building something special - and want to be part of it
What the job involves
- We’re looking for a People Ops Lead to be our first dedicated people hire. You’ll own everything from how we onboard new joiners to how we help people grow and do the best work of their careers
- This is a function that doesn’t exist yet atGranola, currently owned by ops, you’ll be improving it at a company that moves fast, ships constantly, and cares deeply about the quality of the team
- We believe in working in person. We don’t do process for process’s sake. If something adds friction without adding value, we cut it. The person we’re looking for understands that instinctively, and knows how to build infrastructure that feels invisible to the people using it
- Own people operations end to end - contracts, visas, payroll, HR systems, onboarding, benefits, compliance, engagement, and everything in between
- Design simple, scalable processes that work for a 60-person company today and a 120-person company tomorrow - across London and San Francisco
- Build and automate the operational backbone so the right things happen at the right time without anyone having to chase them
- Create an onboarding experience that gets every new joiner - in London or SF - productive, confident and connected from day one
- Build systems that help people do great work - feedback loops, career growth, manager support and the rituals that make teams strong
- Partner closely with founders and managers to make good decisions quicklyon hiring, pay, team structure and the hard conversations that come with scaling
- Use data and good judgment to spot problems early and continuously improve how Granola hires, supports and grows its team
- Support the team with the broader operational needs that come up in a fast- growing company - stepping in wherever needed to help Granola run smoothly
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Granola is a London-based startup that treats company meetings as a source of organisational knowledge. Rather than introducing a note-taking AI to meetings, Granola integrates with audio capture tools to seamlessly record online and in-person conversations. In doing so, it removes the need for AI agent integration, maintains a frictionless set-up and sheds platform dependency and compatibility issues.
Since launching its Mac app in 2024, Granola has seen explosive growth, with weekly growth rates above 10%R and expanding across Mac, iOS, and soon Windows. It has quickly become a must-have tool for people who want beautifully crafted, intelligent software that lightens workloads and amplifies impact.
And the team behind it is an experienced one (the CEO's previous startup was acquired by Google) and has raised to Series C in venture capital from world-class investors, including the co-founder of Instagram and senior leaders from Google and Facebook. Now at a $1.5 billion valuation, it counts the likes of Mistral AI, Cursor and Gusto as clients. Well on the way to achieving its objective of becoming a queryable context layer for meetings, Granola provides a seamless alternative to third-party recording bots and looks set to scale further.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Mar 2026
$125m
SERIES C
May 2025
$43m
SERIES B
Total funding: $197.2m
Company benefits
- Grow a product / business from 0-1, with a strong influence on business decisions
- Flexible, parent-friendly culture - We default to in-person, but feel free to WFH when you need to
- 🇪🇸 Casa Granola: use our team house sunny Majorca (yes, you read that right). It’s a space for offsites, going deep on a project with a small group, or just inviting friends/family for a holiday
- Daily LunchFree lunch, delivered fresh to the office every weekday.
- A beautiful, light-filled Old St office full of plants and good vibes, with a roof deck and great views.
- Private health insurance: Free for you, subsidised for your family
- Holiday: 25 days paid time off each year
- Parental Leave: 20 weeks primary care giver / 12 weeks secondary care giver - fully paid, with optional phased return.
- Cycle to Work: Get a new bike tax-free through our Green Commute Initiative scheme.
- Pension: Modern, flexible pension via Penfold with up to 7% matching.
Company HQ
London, UK
Articles
Leadership
Christopher Pedregal
(Co-Founder & CEO)Has worked as a Product Lead and Product Manager for Google. Was previously founder & CEO of Socratic prior to its acquisition by Google.
Sam Stephenson
(Co-Founder)Ex Product designer and front-end developer. Designed consumer-facing products with Ideaflow, Carv, Swim Smooth, and others.
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